US Steel expects these old pipe mills to run with worn out parts and employees to produce a quality product. The writing is on the wall, neglect and cuts have sealed their fate. You can't expect drilling companies to trust getting a reliable product if equipment being used is unreliable.
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The guy who wrote this must be who has been fired by the company and got mad!!
U S Steel has bought into a brand new "non-union" steel mill in Arkansas. They seem more aligned to cut wages and retire their old union facilities. Only a blind person couldn't see that! https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/oct/01/big-river-steel-get-700k-us-steel-agreement-two-co/
Improvements are on-going, if oil prices and drilling stay as they are, expect big results in 2020. Oil is cyclical as always and politics affects us all.